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Posts with tag: Older People

An imaginary scrapbook, postcards and wishes Blog posts

Oh, what a joy to be back at Britten Court. Two years ago, we paused all face-to-face Special Delivery sessions with residential care homes, so it was lovely to be […]

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What a beautiful bunch … Blog posts

The children sent messages, written on handmade flowers, to the residents at Beech House, and just look how they responded … the flowers are beautiful, and everyone looks like they […]

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Flowers can say so much Blog posts

The children have been studying a letter from Mary Lincolne, written when she was 13 years old and away at boarding school in Beccles. Unaccustomed to the beautiful copperplate writing, […]

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News from Beech House Blog posts

We’ve just collected the cards from Beech House, and this is what the residents had to say: – We had such a lovely afternoon, we lost track of time, so […]

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What do fish play on the piano? Blog posts

Scales. We have Martin to thank for that riddle, along with several others that he sent to the group at Roman Hill, in response to the postcards they sent last […]

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Getting to know you Blog posts

Oh, the excitement of opening the envelope. Inside, there were more envelopes and inside those were the individually wrapped and labelled ‘I am from …’ poems, written by residents at […]

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An Important Invitation Blog posts

Last week, the children at Edgar Sewter sent little letters in huge envelopes to the residents at Beech House – and just look at what the adults sent back; this […]

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The Special Delivery postcards, written by children at Roman Hill Primary School Blog posts

Last week saw the first Special Delivery creative session at Roman Hill Primary School, with poet Dean Parkin impressing the children with a recital of his ‘list’ poem, ‘The Bubble […]

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